LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..
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Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.
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Base rate

What's the base rate?
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Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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